If they call them the Las Vegas Gamblers, I'll cry over the lack of originality.
If they call them the Las Vegas Crap Shooters, I just might buy a hat or something.

It would make for a fun away game destination, but that's probably what it would end up being- a bunch of fans of the visiting team who got the tickets as part of a casino deal. How would that be for player morale?

People start leaving cause they think the "las Vegas magicians" is a magic show lol

''Nothing has happened to change the status quo,'' NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in a telephone interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. ''There continues to be interest from some markets, and we continue to be interested in discussing the possibilities, but there is no plan moving forward in terms of expansion.''

It's the first time I've heard them even admit that the league is interested in expansion.

With up to $1.6 billion in expansion fees reportedly in the offing to put teams in Quebec City, Seattle, Las Vegas and — yes — Toronto, the NHL would be foolhardy to look the other way.

“The money right now is just sitting there waiting to be taken,” says Richard Powers, senior lecturer at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. “If you’re an owner, it’s pretty hard to turn down.”

And remember, none of the expansion money — more than $50 million per team — would count as hockey-related revenue, meaning the players aren’t guaranteed a share. All of it would go to the owners.

“That is a huge incentive right there,” adds Powers.

Free money for all of the owners? Unfortunately, I think this is inevitable.

I went to vegas about 14 years ago, remember seeing a vegas minor league jersey in a second hand shop so they have had some exposure to the game. I was in Seattle a couple of years ago, and I heard the talk about a team there back then as well. I don't mind expansion, but after the league brought and then took away 2 teams from Atlanta (closest place to where I live) I don't really care. If you aren't going to commit to their presence then don't bother is my opinion. The league is doing a horrible job on the fans, and the pay television nhl is crazy, blacking out games that are states away from me. I used to go to games and spend money but now I don't, have no reason to, the league obviously cares not that there is a couple of fans in Alabama lol.

Just stop adding teams already. How much more watered down and parity filled do we need the league to become? Florida, Phoenix, Nashville and Atlanta all failed, but hey let's keep forcing the expansion issue some more.

At least relocate if they are going to pursue this dumb idea at all.

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Only Atlanta has failed,the other three are still in the league,so you can't say that they have failed yet

I have meet lots of people from Vegas. They have no clue and even say they hate hockey. Most of the Vegas residents can't afford hockey tickets. Tourists come to Vegas to gamble not to attend sports other than boxing. I think they have one hockey rink and I have heard that it is usually empty.